diff --git a/src/day_1/terminal_basics.md b/src/day_1/terminal_basics.md
index 8a35d24..db3278a 100644
--- a/src/day_1/terminal_basics.md
+++ b/src/day_1/terminal_basics.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ $ ls happy_house
 friend1.txt friend2.txt
 ```
 
-We did verify that `friend2.txt` was moved.
+We verified that `friend2.txt` was moved.
 Let's move `friend3.txt`, too.
 Enter `mv friend3.txt happy_house/loud_friend.txt`.
 Take a look at the content of your directory now:
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ No zombies!
 No loud housemates!
 ```
 
-We did use `cat` 😺 to only print the content of the file `rules.txt` without opening it with an editor.
+We used `cat` 😺 to only print the content of the file `rules.txt` without opening it with an editor.
 `cat` 🐈️ stands for _concatenate_.
 This does not sound like printing file content!?
 This is because `cat` 🐱 can be used to concatenate the content of multiple files.
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ $ wc -l -w rules.txt
 
 We see that we get the number of lines and then the number of words.
 
-We did learn how to access and read the manual, but how do we navigate the manual?
+We learned how to access and read the manual, but how do we navigate the manual?
 
 If you open a manual with `man`, you can scroll up and down using the arrow keys.
 You can search by pressing `/`, then enter what you are search for, `lines` for example, and then press `Enter`.
@@ -493,10 +493,10 @@ No zombies!
 No loud housemates!
 ```
 
-We did copy the rules, but did you notice the dot at the end of the command `cp`?
+We copied the rules, but did you notice the dot at the end of the command `cp`?
 What does it mean?
 
-We did learn that the two dots `..` refer to the parent directory (one directory back).
+We learned that the two dots `..` refer to the parent directory (one directory back).
 One dot `.` refers to the current directory.
 
 Here are some **equivalent** commands that might help you understand paths in Linux:
diff --git a/src/day_2/glue.md b/src/day_2/glue.md
index 718898b..ccf6277 100644
--- a/src/day_2/glue.md
+++ b/src/day_2/glue.md
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ For example, if you don't care about the errors that some command throughs, then
 
 ### More details
 
-We did discuss the most important cases for redirections.
+We discussed the most important cases for redirections.
 But there are some less important details like the following:
 
 - `command &>filename` is equivalent to `command >filename 2>&1`, but not to `command 2>&1 >filename` because the order matters.